The northern leopard frog is often discussed as the earliest frog sound you’ll hear when the temperatures begin to rise. The more frog calls you hear, the better the ecosystem. Many frog calls begin ...

For some, robins are the first sign of spring. But the changing of the seasons may be more accurately forecast by songs from a wet forest floor. On a warm night, wander near any fresh water and you’ll ...

Every spring, visitors are serenaded by a chorus of frogs emanating from Stillman’s cattail marsh. And almost every person comments, “Listen to those spring peepers.” Guess what? Almost everyone who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woodland phlox are blooming, robins are nest building, thermometers are fluctuating and spring peepers are singing their chorus in ...

Zak Mertz holds a spring peeper frog, moments before setting it free next to a vernal pool in Weymouth, Mass. Inside the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth, Zak Mertz pointed to what he called a ...

You might think the sounds you hear coming from wetlands are the distant quacking of ducks. You’d be wrong. Or you might think the evening chorus of chirping along the creek is produced by a flock of ...

Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center assistant director Alex Holmes shares how to listen for frogs in February that signal spring is on its way. Spring awakening in Missouri is a thing of wonder.

A Northern Spring Peeper crawling over a bed of moss. iSTOCK/COX A Northern Spring Peeper crawling over a bed of moss. iSTOCK/COX I’ve heard, or more accurately, read, that you can hear a lion’s roar ...

Northern Leopard Frogs are typically the first frog you'll hear when the temperatures begin to rise. The northern leopard frog is often discussed as the earliest frog sound you'll hear when the ...